Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
basketball is dangerous
NBA Injuries - CBSSports.com
It's also my favorite activity outside of debauchery and occasionally over it.
On 30 teams there are 68 injuries. About 1 in 6 players cannot play as of today.
And to think that my friends are constantly telling me that I am too old and should quit. I missed 6 months in a row last year due to tearing my hamstring muscles from my hip. Thanks for the three screws. I sat our a couple of weeks due to slight re-injuries, but otherwise am staying on the court. My ankles, knees, and shoulder are sore, but even younger players endure pain.
Moral is...if you hoop hard expect to be hurt.
Hint...play indoors on hardwood as much as possible to reduce the impact. I notice more knee pain after moving outdoors because of my migration from Chicago to Miami Beach.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Blogging etiquette
A post on blog A takes me to blog B when I see a book of interest recommended. I Google the book name plus "pdf" and find a summary that is useful. I want to link to summary. To who and how should I provide attribution? There has to be some limit. My idea is that if you make an original web search, using Google etc. then then attribution chain stops. Otherwise, maybe link to the last blog that provided value beyond simply supplying a link. Thoughts?
Yes, my attribution decision for my prior post inspired this post.
Would Walter Payton get by?
2011: The year you weren’t expecting - The Boston Globe: "September 3 The NCAA football season begins with one significant change in the rules: Taunting will now be severely punished. Players can now have a touchdown nullified for high-stepping into the end zone, pointing at their opponents, or engaging in other sorts of celebratory dancing as they score."
I am guessing that the NCAA will be hiring the Ministry of Funny Publish PostWalks to consult on precise regulations. Being that the NCAA is a business, they must have focus grouped their desired demographic on the rule change. Ironic that the amateurs are being forced to act in a "professional" manner.
How negative sum game is required to support a positive sum game
Electronic Trading Creates a New Financial Landscape - NYTimes.com
Once capital is raised, the rest of trading is negative sum. We have a huge industry of highly paid salespeople, executives, software experts, etc. participating in this questionably productive world, of which I am a part. I'm not one for regulation but have to wonder how this talent could be used in a more clearly positive sum game. As Shapiro suggests, limit trade execution speed to one second, meaning slow it down substantially to eliminate the arms race. The entire stock picking industry has been discredited to insiders since the publication of
Where Are the Customers' Yachts? (1940). Fear and greed are the sources. I don't have the answers. The investment world concentrates the emotion, irrationality, selfishness, and status seeking that frustrates me about humanity most often. Oh well, that a good rant to start the week.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
With so many great options, why so many lame tattoos?
Easy answer. Most people are lame.
These tattoos improved my life.
If I were to get a tat candidates are:
1. A third nipple
2. Mistletoe above my ass crack
3. Cut outs showing what is beneath the skin, such as windows into my brain or intestines.
Suggestions?
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